Washington state

More than 700 workers at the Hanford site in southeast Washington state could be furloughed because of the U.S. government shutdown.

Los cambios en la política de inmigración están afectando a las familias de trabajadores agrícolas del noroeste. Muchos están haciendo planes por si se ven obligados a separarse y hablando sobre cómo permanecer juntos.

It's grape harvesting season across the country. But a global drop in demand for wine has led to a grape glut, and many vineyards in the U.S. are struggling.

The process to get more ferries into Washington state is floating along, with the state signing a contract with shipyard Eastern Shipbuilding for three new hybrid-electric ferries this month.

A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington heard arguments in a case of the American Civil Liberties Union against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The case is regarding the early education program Head Start.

More than a dozen immigrants and advocates met with Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson's policy advisers last week in Olympia. They are asking the state government to address immigrant detentions and housing issues affecting asylum seekers in the region.

Local authorities are investigating a small fire and a broken window at a sub-office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Yakima, Wash.

Undocumented students and recent graduates in southwestern Washington are navigating uncertainty in the wake of changing immigration policy.

The Pasco School District has reached a settlement for nearly $2 million in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee.

Chelan County prosecutors said they will no longer share information about immigrants' court proceedings with federal immigration enforcement following an…